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Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Allen G. Taylor Title: Older than the Stars Author: Karen C. Fox and Nancy Davis Ages: 4-9 NSS Amazon link

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Ted Spitzmiller Title: Living in Space Editor: Sherry Bell NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages: 278 Publisher: Apogee

Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Exploring the Solar System: A History with 22 Activities Author: Mary Kay Carson Ages: 9 and up

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: David Brandt-Erichsen From Ad Astra Fall 2009 Title: Krafft Ehricke’s Extraterrestrial Imperative Author: Marsha Freeman NSS Amazon link for this book

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Steve Adamczyk From Ad Astra Fall 2009 Title: Missions to the Moon Author: Rod Pyle NSS Amazon link for this book

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Ted Spitzmiller Title: The New Space Race: China vs. the United States Author: Erik Seedhouse NSS Amazon link for this book

Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Impact Author: Douglas Preston NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardbound Pages: 368 Publisher: Forge Date: January

Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Ted Spitzmiller Title: Project Mars: A Technical Tale Author: Wernher von Braun NSS Amazon link for this book Bookfinder.com link for

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Bart Leahy Title: Out of this World: The New Field of Space Architecture Editors: A. Scott Howe and Brent Sherwood NSS

In the recent post Push in Congress for Additional NASA Funding (Update), we detailed how Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas and Congressman Ken Calvert created a letter

Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson From Ad Astra Summer 2009 Title: Look to the Stars Author: Buzz Aldrin Artwork: Wendell Minor Ages: 4-8

Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Galileo’s Universe Author: J. Patrick Lewis Illustrator: Tom Curry, with paper engineering by Bruce Foster Ages: 9-12

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